East Canning Project
East Canning Project
Western Australia
LME’s East Canning Project is within a frontier terrane defined by a compelling geotectonic setting on the 170km LAB contour and straddling a long-lived continental-scale lithospheric structure. This innovative project was generated using an extensive dataset extracted from the petroleum industry.
Work included reprocessing the 2D seismic data, undertaking pXRF measurements on available petroleum wells (including anomalous pXRF copper values in the Lake Hevern 1 petroleum well), mineral system analysis, and target generation based on extensive seismic integrated with existing and new geological and geophysical datasets.
The East Canning Project was accepted into the prestigious BHP Xplor program in 2024; a testament to LME’s innovative exploration approach.
Project Details
Location
325 km south of Halls Creek town, near Lake Mackay in the Great Sandy Desert, WA
325 km south of Halls Creek town, near Lake Mackay in the Great Sandy Desert, WA
Ground Holding
176 km²
Resource authority: E80/5733, E80/5734
Commodity
Base Metals, Copper
Ownership
100% Longreach No.1 Pty Ltd (100% subsidiary of Longreach Mineral Exploration)
Project Status
2022
Regional G&G database compilation and mineral system analysis to focus into project area
Seismic reprocessing; pXRF petroleum wells
2023
Grant of exploration permits
Stakeholder engagement; Native Title Land Access Agreement
Targeting based on interpretation of seismic data integrated with existing geological and geophysical datasets; ongoing tenure selection.
2024
Selection into prestigious BHP Xplor program.
Ongoing mineral system analysis
~5000 sq kms tenements granted/under application
Recipient of 2 EIS Co-funded geophysical grants (up to $250,000 each survey)
Regional and focussed G&G including further seismic reprocessing, regional gravity magnetic inversion, updated interpretation, detailed landform mapping
Crossland AGG Survey Acquisition
2025
Relinquishment of eastern part of the project (Hidden Basin) due to logistical and commercial considerations.
Crossland Platform permits retained.